There were indications last night that
former National Security Adviser, NSA,
General Mohammed Aliyu Gusau (rtd);
has links with the huge cache of arms
stocked in an underground bunker in
Kano which was busted by members
of the Joint Task Force mid last week.
The JTF last Thursday explained how
an underground bunker in which
large cache of arms and ammunition,
which was being operated by a
foreign terrorist cell was busted in
Kano two days earlier.
The spokesman, Lieutenant Ikedichi
Iweha, disclosed this to journalists in
a statement issued in Kano same day.
From the arrests made so far, security
sources disclosed that Gusau’s link to
the Hezbollah group is being
investigated following tips by “those
we have arrested.”
“We respect the former NSA highly. He
is one man that has served this
country in diverse capacities very well.
But from statements made by the
people we have arrested, we need to
investigate more to be sure that no
mistakes are made.
“One link we can really use to reach
the conclusion is this Fawaz man that
is on the run. His children that usually
patronise a popular night club in Garki
spending huge sums of money have
suddenly disappeared from public
radar;” said one source.
He added that “much progress is
being made to arrest the run-away
Lebanese businessman.
According to Iweha, “on May 28, 2013
a combined team of the JTF involving
the Nigerian Army of the 3 Brigade
here in Kano and the Kano State DSS
conducted a thorough search of this
house located at No 3 Gaya Road off
Bompai Road, Kano belonging to one
Abdul Hassan Tahir Fadlalla, a
Lebanese national who is currently
out of the country.
“After painstaking search of the whole
premises, the search team uncovered
an underground bunker in the master
bedroom where a large quantity of
assorted weapons and calibre were
recovered.
“The bunker was specially constructed
for this purpose. It is worth
mentioning to say that the weapons
include weapons, rocket propelled
guns, anti-tank/anti-personnel mines
among other weapons.
“All the weapons and ammunition
recovered were properly concealed
with several layers of concrete and
placed in coolers, drums and bags
neatly wrapped.”
Maintaining that the discoveries were
not accidental but the outcome of an
ongoing robust counterterrorism
investigation by the Department of the
State Services Abuja in the past several
months, Iweha stated that “the
investigation also confirmed the
existence of a Hezbollah foreign
terrorist cell in Nigeria.
Consequently, the DSS on May 16,
2013 arrested one Mustapha Fawaz,
the co-owner of the popular Amigo
Supermarket as well as the
Wonderland Amusement Park, all in
Abuja.”
A number of arrests that started with
an Abuja-based businessman on May
16 have been made with the military
disclosing that the arrested suspects
had confessed to have undergone
Hezbollah training.
“The owner of this property is…a
Lebanese national. Unfortunately, he
is not even in Nigeria. There is
somebody who is very prominent; he
has property in Abuja….
“He was arrested by the SSS early this
month,” he said.
“ There is also somebody…also a
Lebanese national, who was arrested
at the Malam Aminu Kano Airport,
MAKIA on his way to (the Lebanese
capital) Beirut.
“He was having the sum of $60,000 on
him, which he did not declare. It was
after he was arrested that the money
was found on him during
investigation,” they added.
Adding that Fawaz is now at large,
Iweha said the arms and ammunition
were targeted at facilities of Israel and
Western interests in Nigeria.
“However, security agencies are
making frantic efforts to unveil the
true situation. At the end of
investigation, all those involved will be
prosecuted,” the JTF spokesman said
in the statement.
Another security source who spoke to
Nigerian Pilot on the matter, further
added that the sealing of Abuja’s high
profile superstore, Amigo
Supermarket as well as top relaxation
spot, Wonderland, also based in the
federal capital city, was not just to
track the co-owner who is said to be
on the run, but to secure the places
from any likely angst of the Nigerian
public as well as for security reasons,
“in case they have stocked either place
with arms
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